After dinner last night, we decided to drive out to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore for a bit of fun until sunset. Week nights are not crowded at all - even at the popular beaches.

We came across several small toads under a log right at the waters edge. When the waves moved the log, they jumped out and into the high surf. Mike and Chris ran after one and finally caught up with it several hundred feed down the beach. It was getting pounded by the surf, so they basically rescued it.

Afterward, we found all the others basking in the sun covered with sand. The wind kept blowing tiny grains of sand onto their wet bodies; making it difficult for them to clear their eyes.

About Tom

Environmental and landscape photographer Tom Gill captures the natural and man made wonders of the southeastern portion of Lake Michigan, particularly lighthouses, the National Lakeshore, barns, and small town nostalgia. Tom is a blogger on The Huffington Post, and has earned international recognition for his photography, with publication in the Huffington Post, the Daily Mail, the Australian, Melbourne and Victoria Herald Sun, Adelaide Now,Civil War Times, Weatherwise Magazine, Backpacker Magazine, American Motorcyclist, and other major newspapers and magazines. The Weather Channel, CNN, ABC,NBC, WGN news affiliates, and countless online media outlets have also featured his work. Tom holds a Fine Arts Degree in design from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and aside from photography, enjoys woodworking, sketching, painting, and hiking with his family.

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